Rope take-up



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ROPE TAKE-UP.

No. 488,565. Patented Dec/27, 1892.-

FIHj I IL? il WIIWESSES UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOIS KLEITZ AND CARL L. KLEITZ, OF SIGOURNEY, IOWA.

ROPE TAKE-UP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,565, dated December2'7, 1892.

Application filed August 18, 1892. Serial No. 443,450- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALOIs KLEITZ and CARL L. KLEITZ, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Sigourney, in the county of Keokuk and Stateof Iowa, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Hope orCable Tape-Ups; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in rope or cable take-ups, and isespecially adapted to wire cables, such as are used with stump-pullers,grubbing-machines and other machines where it is desirable to use ropeor cable at different lengths; and it consists of the novel featureshereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our device, showing rope or cable inposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modification of the same.Fig. 3'is a view showing our device in practical use.

A represents an elliptically shaped frame having its outer wall providedwith a suitable groove 6 extending completely around our device.

B is a side forming a surface bearing over which the rope or cablepasses.

D is a shoulder to guide the rope or cable.

E is an upwardly extending hook to prevent the rope or cable fromspringing out of the grooves f f. Both ends of the surface bearing B aregrooved at points f,f, sufficiently to allow the rope or cable to lie inthe groove and to allow the loose end of the rope or cable to passbetween that part of the rope or cable that passes around the frame A,and the frame itself.

F is a flat bar, one end of which is provided with an eye g. Theopposite end is provided with a side catch or arm h extending at rightangles therefrom. The said bar F is firmly aflixed to theelliptically'shaped frame A by bolts or other suitable means.

G, G are lugs projecting inwardly over the rope or cable and prevent thesame from springing out of the groove 6 when the rope or cable is loose.

It will be seen by the use of our device that the rope or cable can bepassed into the groove 6 around the elliptically shaped frame A over thesurface bearing B and allowing the loose end of the rope or cable topass between that part of the rope or cable that passes around theelliptically shaped frame A and the frame itself. The tension on theother part of the rope or cable causes apressure on the rope or cable atthe point where the same passes between the elliptically shaped frame Aand that part of the rope or cable that passes around the ellipticallyshaped frame A and the take-up firmly fastens onto the rope or cable atWhatever point it maybe placed on the same.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is In a rope or cable take-up,the combination of an elliptically shaped frame A provided with a groove6 extending around said frame to receive the rope or cable, withsuitable lugs extending inwardly over the rope or cable, and the surfacebearingBsaid surface bearing being provided with grooves ff, an upwardlyextending hook E, and shoulder D, all substantially as, and for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ALOIS KLEITZ. CARL L. KLEITZ.

Witnesses:

A. G. SOHULTE, WM. A. BELL.

